privacy encryption News Apple warns that scanning encrypted photos leads to a “dystopian dragnet” "Scanning for one type of content, for instance, opens the door for bulk surveillance" says Apple's user privacy chief. Edward Targett September 04, 2023
EU open source EU Cyber Resilience Act antagonises, troubles open-source sector The EU has proposed a new Cyber Resilience Act. The lack of industry dialogue has the open-source sector worry that the act will stifle development. Azania Imtiaz Patel September 04, 2023
NCSC CTO News NCSC’s new CTO Ollie Whitehouse is a seasoned hacker His "knowledge of software security appears to exceed that of most governments" Edward Targett September 03, 2023
China japan News Quis custodiet? Powerful Japanese cybersecurity agency hacked, as allies fret "Japan's cybersecurity nightmare is everyone else's problem, too" Azania Imtiaz Patel August 29, 2023
Barracuda ransomware artificial intelligence News AI, AI, AI! Automation pushing ransomware attacks to new heights, says Barracuda Barracuda says its security team has seen ransomware attacks double in the last 12 months, thanks in part to a rise in the use of AI-powered automation tools Shaun Nichols August 02, 2023
News API security Tough new SEC cyber risk disclosure rules have left kicking and screaming in their wake The US Chamber of Commerce had fumed that the SEC’s “unprecedented micromanagement of companies’ cybersecurity programs is misguided" Edward Targett July 27, 2023
LLMs AI ChatGPT "WormGPT" gives cybercriminals their own LLM A dangerous Large Language Model trained on malware data sets is being used to launch BECs. Azania Imtiaz Patel July 17, 2023
malware file transfer News Malvertising: Threat actors are duping downloaders using... Google Ads and SEO Threat actors are using SEO to trick users into downloading ransomware. Azania Imtiaz Patel July 03, 2023
